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Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Haskell Company 🇺🇸 Lakewood, Colorado, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager executes design project management for large or medium-sized projects from proposal through closeout. They lead design teams, manage workloads, ensure contract compliance, and maintain positive client relationships.
IS Design Manager
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Wheeler Staffing Partners 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Lead the design production process from project kickoff through construction closeout while ensuring adherence to quality and energy efficiency standards. Provide day-to-day leadership, mentorship, and workload management for engineering and design staff.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Aerovect 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Establish the design function and vision for the Autonomous Ground Support Equipment Service, focusing on fleet operations and customer-facing tools. Lead end-to-end design for remote assistance, dispatch, and monitoring interfaces while creating scalable design standards and component libraries.
Design Manager - Data Centers - Dubai
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Ramboll 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Own end-to-end project delivery for large-scale multidisciplinary data center and mission-critical facility projects, managing everything from concept to commissioning. Lead technical disciplines, manage resource allocation, track financial performance, and serve as the primary interface for client engagement and relationship management.
Design Manager (Production Machinery / Pneumatics)
🇬🇧 East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ernest Gordon Recruitment 🇬🇧 East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a team of design engineers while overseeing bespoke machinery projects from concept through to manufacture. Drive continuous improvement and ensure designs are optimized for manufacture and quality standards.
Design Manager (f/m/d)
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Digital Realty 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead the planning and delivery of complex data center projects from concept through commissioning. Coordinate multidisciplinary design teams and ensure compliance with global and regional engineering standards.
Graphic Designer - Full time - ONSITE
🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States of America
The Sign Store 🇺🇸 Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the creative direction for commercial signage projects, including concept development for large-format graphics and vehicle wraps. Oversee design standards, mentor junior designers, and coordinate between sales and production to ensure buildable, brand-accurate results.
Principal UX Designer
🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Backbase 🇮🇳 Hyderabad, Bahadurpura mandal, India
Lead the end-to-end design process by creating wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes for digital banking products. Facilitate client workshops to gather requirements and present design solutions to both internal and external stakeholders.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Appian Corporation 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design and execution of multi-channel campaigns, experiential branding, and digital assets to evolve Appian's global brand system. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and external agencies to translate complex business objectives into high-impact visual experiences.
Principal Design Manager (Water Infrastructure)
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Arcadis 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead the design and construction of municipal water and wastewater infrastructure while managing multidisciplinary teams and project budgets. Drive business growth through client relationship management, business development, and industry representation.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Conesville, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States of America
Aligned Data Centers 🇺🇸 Conesville, Coshocton County, Ohio, United States of America
Lead the design and preconstruction phases of major data center projects, managing third-party design teams and ensuring technical deliverables meet customer requirements. Coordinate closely with construction managers and operations to drive project efficiency from inception through turnover.
Senior Product Designer, Core Seller
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design efforts within a squad to help sellers grow through Etsy Ads by designing easy-to-use flows and polished prototypes. You will facilitate discovery processes, influence design systems, and mentor other designers to ensure scalability and consistency.
Senior Product Designer, Core Seller
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design of Etsy Ads to help sellers grow their businesses through polished flows and interactive prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional squads and mentor other designers to ensure consistency and scalability across the platform.
Design Manager - Solar & BESS
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Mde Uk 🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Lead and mentor a team of design engineers while maintaining hands-on involvement in the technical design of commercial solar PV and BESS projects. Oversee technical sign-offs, coordinate DNO applications, and collaborate with sales and project management teams to ensure buildable designs.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Jmg Solutions Ltd 🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design activities across various engineering disciplines throughout the entire project lifecycle. Manage technical deliverables, consultants, and subcontractors to ensure designs are safe, compliant, and commercially aligned with project goals.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.